by reporting watch team | Aug 12, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In June this year, the Court of Appeal heard an application by a mother that the court use its powers under the inherent jurisdiction to set aside adoption orders made in April 2020, in respect of three children. The judgment in this case has now been published as Re...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Aug 10, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N? Since the Court of Appeal judgment in Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448 which was handed down earlier this year, we’re starting to see more and more published cases concerning domestic abuse in...
by reporting watch team | Aug 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is post by Elizabeth Wark. Elizabeth is a barrister at Three Doctor Johnson’s Buildings specialising in civil and family law. She tweets as @ElizabethWark7 The Covid pandemic has profoundly affected lives and livelihoods. This blog explains a family court...
by Guest Post | Aug 5, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Dr Jess Mant, Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University School of Law and Politics. Jess has been researching the impact of LASPO on domestic abuse cases in family courts for the last ten years. Her evidence to this recent parliamentary inquiry can...
by Guest Post | Jul 30, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group. Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator. Rhys tweets as @RhysTaylor32 and is co-editor of www.familyarbitrator.com. A plea to stay with me I will admit that if I were not a family lawyer, I probably would not be bothered...
by Julie Doughty | Jul 29, 2021 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Recently, we noticed there had been a Parliamentary Question about family courts on 7 June, from Robert Halfon MP, as follows: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in the Family Court process....
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